Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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FOREWORD. LIFE at Goshen has a distinctive flavor not found elsewhere. There is shown a sanity, a poise, that is rare in a community composed, as a college community necessarily must be, of young persons freed from home restraints. There is a seriousness inherited from many generations of parents who above all things else were religious, perhaps at times ascetic. There is a breezy American optimism caught on the sunny plains of Kansas, among the piney foothills of the Alleghanies, or mid the lakes of Minnesota. ln stamina and ability the Goshen stu- dent-body compares very favorably with that of any institution giving a similar amount of training, anywhere. Not only the present writer but all other Goshenites will tell the inquirer that we have a well-founded faith in our institution and ourselves. During the year that is past we have all labored faithfully and harmoniously to coin our aspirations into realities. Most of us are glad for and deserving of the vacation that is at hand. But whether we go out to return no more as students, or only for the summerg whether we have been here one year or sixg we will leave the institution without losing our interest in her destiny. The cordial relations between faculty and students, the feeling that both are engaged in the same cause with many common aims, and a sympathetic regard for each other thoroughly permeate the institution. Nor are we as sober as this would make us appear and we wish to caution the gentle reader-and all readers from time immemorial have been gentle-against taking us too seriously in the present volume. Our aim has been to seize and embody in permanent form some of the spirit and aroma of college life at Goshenp to reflect its lights and shadows for the instruction and amusement of all young people between the ages of sweet sixteen and sober ninety who anticipate or recall the joys and sorrows of college life. Our labor has been lightened by our love for our Alma Mater, by the budding innocence and climactic breaks of the Academy students, by the f'reshiness and frivolity of the College Juniors and by the enthusiastic co-operation of the entire College Senior Class. We thank Messrs. Starr of the Cooking Club Pub'g Co., of this city and Mr. Allen of the Indianapolis Engraving and Electrotyping Co., for efficient work and courteous treatment throughout. H. G. G., Editor. 7

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Z7 Ns ' fs .pe ff r sl r xxx My A 9 l,,. l Q1 M ll y S 30 60, X if xx, ' 1W DANIEL S. GERIG, A. B., Registrar and Professor of German. Der Herr Professor Cerig holds an important po- sition. He is the first professor to look into the eyes of the timid freshie on registration day and he ever after commands the high respect of every student. His knowledge of grammatical constructions has al- ways been considered boundless and his most intel- ligent students always get beat when they attempt to argue the point. l .J sfw Zfsa. X90 D gg, M1 I QW! om Q f go , xKx4J J ' ,vr S. JONAS S. HARTZLER, Secretary of the Faculty. Jonas, the son of Samuel, one of the married members of the faculty, is distinguished from the others by his clerical coat. He has a broad under- standing, both physically and mentally, and has never been excited even in the most trying circumstances. ln class he is lrnowni for his ready wit and cogent illustrations. 9 EPHRAIM J. ZOOK, A. M., Professor of Greek and Latin, and College Librarian. E. is one of the bachelor Profs., the same yes- terday, today and forever. He rs a lover of dead things, such as Latin and Greek: but we know he also talces an interest in live things, for often in the early spring he, with some city urchin, is seen in the forests to welcome the return of the birds. His one ideal rn lite seems to be to promote thei College Library.